Last month I shared my plans to attend the Oakland Reads 2020 Symposium on June 17, 2013. Oakland Reads 2020 is a citywide initiative aimed at doubling the total percentage of Oakland children who are reading on grade level by the end of third grade by the year...

Collective Effort = Collective Success: Oakland Reads 2020 What will it take to double the number of students reading on grade-level at the end of third grade by the year 2020? The Oakland Literacy Coalition (OLC) believes it will take the collective efforts of...

The Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) is offering a free summer Pre-K program for students entering kindergarten in the 2013-14 school year with no prior school experience. Classes are from 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. and will be held June 25 – July 19,...